Hermeneutic Philosophy and the Sociology of Art: An Approach to Some of the Epistemological Problems of the Sociology of Knowledge and the Sociology of Art and Literature

✍ Scribed by Janet Wolff

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 160
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Continental Philosophy 4
• Edition: Reprint
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book, first published in 1975, is an examination of the theoretical foundation of the sociology of art and literature and an in-depth study in the sociology of knowledge. In discussing and clarifying some of the important philosophical issues in this field, the constant underlying reference is to the creative and artistic-expressive areas of knowledge – so that the better understanding of the social nature and genesis of all knowledge may point the way towards a similar comprehension of art and society.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The sociology of art and the sociology of knowledge
2 The constitution of knowledge
3 The problems of the sociology of knowledge
4 The sociology of art and the concept of a world-view
5 Concepts of collective consciousness
6 Concepts of collective consciousness (continued)
7 Hermeneutic philosophy and the sociology of knowledge
8 Conclusion: towards a hermeneutic sociology of art
Bibliography
Index